Wilton Course 3, Class 4

Yay! It’s tiered cake time! This cake was very labor intensive, but I am so proud of how it came out! I spent almost 2 entire days assembling the components for this cake. The bottom layer is two 10-inch cakes, and the top is two 6-inch layer cakes. Both of the cakes are frosted with buttercream [...]

Wilton Course 3, Class 3

This class was all about making flowers on the lily nail. We learned how to prepare the lily nail for various flowers, then we made an Easter Lily, Poinsettia, Petunia and Morning Glory. All of the flowers were made from royal icing. I think my favorite flower that we made tonight was the Petunia.

After completing [...]

Wilton Course 3, Class 2

This class was so much fun! I love working with fondant. I only wish that the class was a little longer since I felt a little rushed and feel like I could have done a better job.
I didn’t make the traditional package cake for this course- pink bow with a bunch of little flowers with pastel [...]

Wilton Course 3, Class 1

Yay! I can’t believe I have made it to course 3! In the 8 short weeks that I have been taking cake decorating classes, I feel like I have learned so much.
I have really been looking forward to course 3. This course covers some new borders, tiered cakes and introduces fondant.
In the first class we [...]

Wilton Course 2, Class 4

Yay! I completed course 2! Originally I wasn’t sure if  was going to take this class. I didn’t really see myself making a lot of cakes with flowers, and I am kind of anxious to start the fondant class. But in the end I decided to give it a try, and I am really glad [...]

Wilton Course 2, Class 3

Flowers, flowers and more flowers! This class continued on with making flowers out of royal icing. 
We started out with the Victorian rose. Now if you read my post about the roses in course 1, you know that I was less than thrilled to be re-visiting this little gem. But this is the Victorian rose, which [...]

Wilton Course 2, Class 2

This class was about decorating with colorflow and making the apple blossom, violet leaf and violet from royal icing. I have to be honest, colorflow is kind of a pain and I don’t see myself using it again. My understanding is that colorflow used to be widely used before fondant became popular. Colorflow is very [...]

Wilton Course 2, Class 1

After completing Wilton course 1, I realized I am slowly turning in to a cake decorating junky and signed up for course 2 at Micheals. In course 2, I will be learning about using royal icing and color flow, with the focus being flowers and borders. I don’t have to make a cake for every class, like [...]

Wilton Course 1, Class 4

This was the last class of course 1. We reviewed the Wilton rose, learned how to make sweet peas, bows, leaves and vines. The final cake involved creating a rose spray- roses, leaves, vines and a bow, as well as a shell border with sweet peas tucked in around the bottom.
I have to say that [...]

Wilton Course 1, Class 3

Tonight I learned the Wilton rose (which we will never speak of again), the shell border, figure piping, drop flowers, and the cake was the “clown” cake.
The shell border is the most common cake border out there, it is the one you see on 99% of the cakes you would buy at the grocery store. [...]